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[Fury Sense]

A few weeks ago, we put out trash bags alongside our cans on the street. 3 raccoons got into them and made a damn mess. I go out there and start yellin' at them "get the fuck outta here that's not yours!" and they just pause and look at me for a moment then continue. They didn't give a shit at all. I didn't want to get scratched so I just let them have it.

 

[Error 404]

I found baby raccoons on my balcony a few times. I ended up sweeping them off with a broom. Screw them.

D:

 

[DragonSworne]

A racoon tried to have sex with my dog. She's a blue heeler so the tail could have confused the racoon. Good thing my dog is pretty slow, I won'the have liked trying to separate her from a dead racoon and dispose the dead racoon.

 

[exmachina64]

What?

That's adorable.

Not a fan of raccoons. If it were up to me I'd replace them all with their much more adorable cousins.

Cute.

 

[HeySeuss]

Yeah they're cute and all, but they're destructive as shit and will kill smaller animals. Cats are usually ok, but raccoons have killed my chickens and one of my ducks. They're predatory and unfortunately I have to kill them. In Ohio its illegal to trap and relocate them to another area so there really isn't any other alternative.

 

[Tubobutts]

Only time I saw a raccoon was when it was on top of a gate and I thought it was a cat. It ran away when I got close.

 

[Log4Girlz]

Not a fan of raccoons. If it were up to me I'd replace them all with their much more adorable cousins.

Edit:



...really?

You don't like trash pandas?

 

[Wanderer5]

Aren't those Tanuki through? Different despite being refer to as raccoon dogs heh. So adorable through.

 

[ipitydatfu]

 

[Haloid1177]

Uber will not appreciate this thread.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

 

[PfantzyPantz]

+100 OP, been twice now that they've broken into the attic and made our lives worse for weeks.
Still got stains on the ceiling that I'm too lazy to paint.

 

[Alcoremortis]

Raccoons ate one of my rabbits alive and nearly clawed another's eyes out.

So yeah, not a fan.

 

[StoneFox]

What's that white thing on the right? The raccoon lost one of its teeth?

 

[Yawnier]

They are a pain in the ass. but are smart animals. I've had them raid my garbage and compost a few times

 

[Apathy]

I hear them all the time in my backyard and two of them are either always fighting or fucking, I can't tell yet.

 

[Aselith]

I see a big furry thing which I think is a cat. I start making kissy noises trying to attract it's attention. It stops- it looks straight at me- as I get closer I think, "That ain't no cat".

 

[OnettHansen]

Racoons are the fuckin coolest

 

[Aaronology]

Ugh, even worse. That's a possum.

 

[dankir]

Ah Trash pandas are cute.

 

[Lebron]

Fuckers would open up our cabin pantry door, after unlocking the damn thing somehow. Then continue to open up our coolers and cabinets and eat all our shit.


WTF DID NATURE GIVE THESE FUCKING DEMONS THUMBS

 

[Aselith]

Fuckers would open up our cabin pantry door, after unlocking the damn thing somehow. Then continue to open up our coolers and cabinets and eat all our shit.


WTF DID NATURE GIVE THESE FUCKING DEMONS THUMBS

These are our replacement.

 

[TyrantII]

Fuckers would open up our cabin pantry door, after unlocking the damn thing somehow. Then continue to open up our coolers and cabinets and eat all our shit.


WTF DID NATURE GIVE THESE FUCKING DEMONS THUMBS

They were probably thinking the same thing as they unlocked the cabinetes to get all the goodies.

 

[Poodlestrike]

I... actually kind of like them :/

I get that they're a pest, but I think they're cute. They wash stuff! With their hands! How great is that! And they've got the itty bitty bandit masks to boot.

I'd love a pet raccoon. If I was sure that it wouldn't you know kill me in my sleep and destroy all my stuff.

 

[Chuck]

Ugh, even worse. That's a possum.

 

[loaf of bread]

Raccoons are great

 

[Hypemaster]

In the backyard of a campus townhouse I stay in, there are all kinds of wildlife chilling there: skunks, raccoons, groundhogs, deer, feral cats and such and I end up encountering them fairly often.

Saw a pack of raccoons passing by and one of them walks up the steps of my back porch, proceeds to stand on its hind legs and gives me the meanest growling/hissing noise as if it was wishing that I dare open my back door so it could scrap with me.

I wasn't having any of that, fuck raccoons.

 

[Lotto]

this is the best thread on neogaf

 

[Aselith]

 

[Eighty Deuce]

Raccoons would eat our chickens and snatched a few puppies from our litter when I was a kid. Raccoons are dead on sight ever since. Fuck em

 

[orioto]

Aren't those Tanuki through? Different despite being refer to as raccoon dogs heh. So adorable through.

 

[akira28]

why are you making kissy noises at random cats?

isn't that how you catch FIV?

 

[Aselith]

TIL Tom Nook is not a raccoon.

 

[Wanderer5]

TIL Tom Nook is not a raccoon.

Despite being consider such in the western release, yep he a Tanuki heh. It funny, cause the raccoon dog is not really related to the raccoon.

 

[Engell]

Be careful

 

[daebo]

I was traveling once on business to Omaha. I like eating at out of the way spots, or dives. The people I was working with knew that and told me to go to the Alpine Inn. It would be my worth while.

So, I go to this shitty bar in the middle of the woods, a little fearful for my life. The co-workers tell me to grab a seat by the window. On the left side of the place, the entire walls are nothing but glass, with kind of an outside deck patio type thing.

Then, as I'm sitting there setting in to eat, I see an employee with a bucket of left over fried chicken bones/bits and they just dump it out. I'm thinking "WTF" and then it happens. Out of the woods comes a horde of raccoons. Then, a whole bunch of children run to the glass windows and start yelling and having fun.

and the entire time I'm thinking "Fuck, these people legitimately come here for fun. This can't be legal with the health department."

Here is a video, and you can find more on youtube. fucking crazy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqvN1ImNync

 

[Aselith]

and the entire time I'm thinking "Fuck, these people legitimately come here for fun. This can't be legal with the health department."

They're not feeding the raccoons at the table lmao

 

[Iorv3th]

We rescued a baby raccoon from a few years back until she was big enough to be released back into the wild. They are very cool animal that gets a bad rap.

They love digging in your pockets and shiney objects.

They are over populated and a real nuisance and destructive. They are considered varmints.

Unless you live somewhere they are in dangered.

Last year I caught and killed over 20 of them at my work.

 

[Surface of Me]

They are over populated and a real nuisance and destructive. They are considered varmints.

Unless you live somewhere they are in dangered.

Same thing can be said about cats.

 

[alfredofroylan]

What's that white thing on the right? The raccoon lost one of its teeth?

The dog attacked in that video was white, so probably a bit of its fur.

 

[double jump]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHN-f6xTzsY

this video is even funnier than the gif.
There was a moment where you can see the dog assessing the situation.
"should I go back and help my owner ? Nah, I just got my ass beat. I'm going back in the house and hoping for the best." lmao.

 

[Pizoxuat]

Ugh, even worse. That's a possum.

Possums aren't bad. They ain't pretty, but they will leave your dogs and cats alone. They eat pests and their low body temperature makes rabies extremely rare in possums. Less destructive than raccoons by a mile too.

Not my favorite animal to stumble on in the dark, but I'm glad there's some in the neighborhood. Between them and the flock of guinea fowl that wander around, we never see snakes or scorpions.

 

[Ganzlinger]

Raccoons are amazing

 

[Cheerilee]

The ones who are smartest live on to make children who are just as smart as their parents, the ones who can't tough it out die.

Kinda what happens when you have an animal live in a manufactured environment designed around a singular species needs!

It's not even just evolution, they've managed to discover education. One of them figures out how to work the latch to your storm cellar at night, so they close it and call over all their friends. Then the smart one opens your door again and shows the others how it's done. Then they close it again and one-by-one they all try operating your door, with the first one occasionally stepping in to show them how it's done if one of them is having trouble with it.

Their brains are getting bigger with every generation, and they're passing along the things that they learn. Soon now, they're going to master basic tools (knife, hammer), and once they've got that, it's the end for the human race.

 

[Arkos]

This is so damn hilarious

 

[Nose Master]

I like 'em. There's one that's always hanging around my back porch when I go out to smoke at night, he's pretty cool. Named him Reginald. I like his burglin' mask.

Went out one day and he had two baby burglers with him though, so I bailed. Wild animals + their offspring aint nothing to fuck with.

 

[BizzyBum]

There's two kinda gifs I can watch all day and laugh.

Funny animals and soccer flops.

 

[Tom Nook]

No, Fuck you. You're taking too long in the laundry room.

 

[Dennis]

I love how it even fucking runs off like a bandit.

 

[Chuck]

No, Fuck you. You're taking too long in the laundry room.

lol